incident in paris scuba diving exhibition, any news ?

josping · 13th January 2008, 08:58

I read on plongeur.com that someone trying a rebreather in their demo pool had an accident.

in french :
Forums plongée Plongeur.com - Accident au salon de la plongée

Does one of you have news?

Brainx3 · 13th January 2008, 09:35

Hi,

I'm just wondering how deep this Demo Pool is exactly. I don't think it's unsual to test a unit in a swimming pool and sometimes with new students problems happen because of different aspects.

Best Regards. Wael

josping · 13th January 2008, 09:39

They are talking of 1m deep....

at least last year it was that deep. I didn't went there this year.

Stephane · 13th January 2008, 10:12

The pool is approximately 1.5m deep (5 feet).
They use SCR exclusively: Dolphin, UBS40 and Submatix.
I asked a friend who works there if he could have some more precise news.

Gilles · 14th January 2008, 04:21

Quote: (Originally Posted by Brainx3)

Hi,

I'm just wondering how deep this Demo Pool is exactly.

Does it really matter?

"En fait elle a eu un accident avec un recycleur pendant le salon au cours d'un essai dans la piscine : le recyclage ne s'est pas effectué, au fur et à mesure l'air qu'elle aspirait ne contenait plus que du CO2, et forcément elle en a avalé plein avant de perdre connaissance apparemment. Heureusement que c'était au salon!"

Not much detail except for an apparent speculation of a CO2 hit. Could've just as easily been (or more likely) a hypoxia event. CCR's in swimming pools are very dangerous, especially if not being continuously supervised!

Brainx3 · 14th January 2008, 06:30

Hi,

Of course it matters, as I believe every small aspect matters really. But as I said previously that it's not something unusual especially on Try-Dives.

Best Regards. Wael

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Gilles Worship the feminine Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Den Haag (Netherlands) Posts: 762	Re: incident in paris scuba diving exhibition, any news ? Quote: (Originally Posted by Brainx3) Hi, I'm just wondering how deep this Demo Pool is exactly. Does it really matter? "En fait elle a eu un accident avec un recycleur pendant le salon au cours d'un essai dans la piscine : le recyclage ne s'est pas effectué, au fur et à mesure l'air qu'elle aspirait ne contenait plus que du CO2, et forcément elle en a avalé plein avant de perdre connaissance apparemment. Heureusement que c'était au salon!" Not much detail except for an apparent speculation of a CO2 hit. Could've just as easily been (or more likely) a hypoxia event. CCR's in swimming pools are very dangerous, especially if not being continuously supervised! __________________ Gilles http://www.dirrebreather.com
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